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WQHT (97.1 FM, Hot 97) is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge fund.
Dubbed "The Voice of New York", Martinez is widely known for her 28-year run at New York City station Hot 97 (WQHT). She left the station in 2014 to join crosstown competitor Power 105.1 (WWPR). [2] As a rapper, Martinez received praise for her bars when she was featured on the remix for Lil' Kim's "Not Tonight" (1996).
Guests on their Hot 97 show included DJ Premier, Black Star, De La Soul, Common, Xzibit, Noreaga, Brand Nubian, and more. Eminem and Royce da 5'9"'s October 11, 1998 appearance was on the Hot 97 Sunday show, which was considered his introduction to the New York City hip hop scene before the release of his debut LP in 1999. [7]
Until 2014, he was Vice President of Programming for Emmis Communications' New York contemporary urban station WQHT (Hot 97). He is currently a co-host of the Hot 97 morning show Ebro in the Morning, alongside Peter Rosenberg and Laura Stylez. As of 2015, Darden also hosts a hip hop music-based radio show on Apple Music 1.
Ebro in the Morning is an American radio show based in New York City hosted by Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez. It currently airs from 6 to 10 am. Common topics of discussion on the show include national news, politics, and celebrity gossip.
Aston George Taylor Jr. [1] (born August 5, 1967), [1] professionally known as Funkmaster Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Hot 97 in New York, which was a pop radio station at the time. [2]
In the same year, Emmis launched its second hip hop station in America, Hot 97. [14] Emmis' Q101 in Chicago moved into an Alternative Rock Format. [citation needed] In 1994, the company purchased WIBC (now WFNI) and WKLR (now WIBC (FM)) in Indianapolis from the Horizon Broadcast Corporation and WRKS in New York City from the Summit ...
He began making online parody videos, which were seen by the soon-to-be program manager of New York's Hot 97 Ebro Darden, and these led to his 2007 hiring at the radio station. [1] [5] Rosenberg co-hosts the weekday morning show, The Hot 97 Morning Show, on Hot 97 from 6 to 10 a.m. with Ebro and Laura Stylez. They play contemporary hip hop and ...